Type: Article
Publication Date: 2004-06-17
Citations: 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/37/26/006
We show how a large class of sufficient conditions for the existence of bound states, in non-positive central potentials, can be constructed. These sufficient conditions yield upper limits on the critical value, g(ℓ)c, of the coupling constant (strength), g, and of the potential, V(r) = −gv(r), for which a first ℓ-wave bound state appears. These upper limits are significantly more stringent than hitherto known results.